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The A338 is the main arterial route in Bournemouth, running as a dual carriageway from Bournemouth town centre to the A31, and as a single carriageway north to Salisbury. The A350 is Poole town centre's main artery, running north along Holes Bay to the A35, and as a single carriageway to Bath and Bristol.
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. The district was created on 1 April 2019 by the merger of the areas that were previously administered by the unitary authorities of Bournemouth and Poole , and the non-metropolitan district of Christchurch . [ 4 ]
The view of Bournemouth town centre from West Cliff. Lansdowne can be seen in the distance, and St. Peter's Church on the left. Bournemouth town centre is an area of Bournemouth, Dorset. [1] [2] The town centre is the central business district and is located near the coast between West Cliff and East Cliff.
Alum Chine; Bear Cross; Boscombe; Bournemouth Town Centre; Bournemouth University; Branksome Woods; Charminster; Durley Chine; East Cliff; East Howe; Ensbury Park
The Borough can trace its history back to 27 August 1890 when the Municipal Borough of Bournemouth was created by royal charter. On 1 April 1900 it received county borough status which lasted until 1974. [1] In February 2018 the 'Future Dorset' plan was approved by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Sajid Javid.
When BCP Council was created in 2019, it inherited various municipal buildings from its three predecessors, notably including their three headquarters buildings: Bournemouth Town Hall, the Civic Offices on Bridge Street in Christchurch, completed in 1980, [27] and Poole Civic Centre, on Parkstone Road in Poole, completed in 1932. [28]
Bournemouth (/ ˈ b ɔːr n m ə θ / ⓘ BORN-məth) is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority area, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. The 2021 census built-up area had a population of 196,455, making it the largest town in Dorset.
He was a founding member of the Town Planning Institute (TPI) formed in 1914 and became its president in 1925. [9] In the 1920s and 1930s, Abercrombie developed a specialty in regional planning. He became chairman of the Council for the Preservation of Rural England in 1926, and was on the Council of the Town and Country Planning Association. [10]